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William Henry Harrison Letter to John Armstrong Regarding Perry's Victory

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Head Quarters/Camp Meigs
No Miami Rapids 24th July 1813
Sir
I have not the honor to receive the
letter of Col. Monroe of the 21st [illegible] until this Evening.
I am still occupied in fortifying the camp at this
place, a few days will place it in a situation with
twelve or fifteen hundred men to bid defiance to all
the forces in Upper Canada.
The destruction of the enemys naval force in
Lake Erie has never ceased to occupy my attention
and after having examined in my mind every pro
spect which occurred to myself or those whom I con-
sulted - There appears to me to be no other prac
ticable but that of crossing over Lake Erie from
the mouth of the Sandusky Bay along the chain
of Islands which extends at small intervals
from that bay to within eighteen miles of Mal
dew. The intention is to put from one hundred &
fifty to two hundred men in slides to hop to the
Northernmost island in one night and on the

Head Quarters/Camp Meigs
No Miami Rapids 24th July 1813
Sir
I have not the honor to receive the
letter of Col. Monroe of the 21st [illegible] until this Evening.
I am still occupied in fortifying the camp at this
place, a few days will place it in a situation with
twelve or fifteen hundred men to bid defiance to all
the forces in Upper Canada.
The destruction of the enemys naval force in
Lake Erie has never ceased to occupy my attention
and after having examined in my mind every pro
spect which occurred to myself or those whom I con-
sulted - There appears to me to be no other prac
ticable but that of crossing over Lake Erie from
the mouth of the Sandusky Bay along the chain
of Islands which extends at small intervals
from that bay to within eighteen miles of Mal
dew. The intention is to put from one hundred &
fifty to two hundred men in slides to hop to the
Northernmost island in one night and on the